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Disk Stability

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

J. A. Sellwood
J. A. Sellwood*
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 OHA.

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What has prevented the formation of a strong bar in the majority of disc galaxies? No truly satisfactory answer has yet been given to this question and the difficulty remains a major obstacle to our understanding of the dynamics of these systems. In this review, I will discuss the implications of recent studies of this problem.

Type
IV. Barred Galaxies
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 100: Internal Kinematics and Dynamics of Galaxies , 1983 , pp. 197 - 202
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1983 

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